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Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare.

临时保姆lín shí bǎo mǔ

temporary caregiver / babysitter

临时分居lín shí fēn jū

trial separation

临时政府lín shí zhèng fǔ

provisional government

临时演员lín shí yǎn yuán

an extra (in a movie)

临时贷款lín shí dài kuǎn

bridging loan

与时俱进yǔ shí jù jìn

abreast of modern developments / to keep up with the times / progressive / timely

与时消息yǔ shí xiāo xi

variable with the times / transient / impermanent

与时间赛跑yǔ shí jiān sài pǎo

to race against time

旧时代jiù shí dài

former times / the olden days

花时间huā shí jiān

to take up time / to spend time

藏器待时cáng qì dài shí

to conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom) / to lie low and await the opportune moment

补时bǔ shí

(sports) to extend the duration of a game (due to stoppages) / (abbr. for 傷停補時|伤停补时[shāng tíng bǔ shí]) injury time

计时工资jì shí gōng zī

payment by the hour / time-rate wages (opposite: piece-rate wage 計件工資|计件工资[jì jiàn gōng zī])

计时比赛jì shí bǐ sài

time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock

计时法jì shí fǎ

time reckoning

计时炸弹jì shí zhà dàn

time bomb

计时赛jì shí sài

time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock

说时迟,那时快shuō shí chí , nà shí kuài

(idiom) no sooner said than done / before you know it

识时务shí shí wù

to have a clear view of things / to adapt to circumstances

识时务者为俊杰shí shí wù zhě wéi jùn jié

(idiom) a wise person adapts to changing circumstances

识时通变shí shí tōng biàn

understanding and adaptable

识时达务shí shí dá wù

understanding / to know what's up

贯时guàn shí

diachronic

贤者时间xián zhě shí jiān

(slang) post-nut clarity moment

走时zǒu shí

(of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave)

赶时间gǎn shí jiān

to be in a hurry

赶时髦gǎn shí máo

to keep up with the latest fashion

办公时间bàn gōng shí jiān

office hours

辰时chén shí

7-9 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

追诉时效zhuī sù shí xiào

(law) period during which one can prosecute or sue sb (as stipulated by a statute of limitations)

运行时yùn xíng shí

(computing) runtime

运行时错误yùn xíng shí cuò wù

run-time error (in computing)

过时不候guò shí bù hòu

being late is not acceptable (idiom)

过渡时期guò dù shí qī

transition period

违时绝俗wéi shí jué sú

to defy the times and reject custom (idiom) / in breach of current conventions

遵时养晦zūn shí yǎng huì

to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom)

那时候nà shí hou

at that time

部分工时bù fen gōng shí

(Tw) part-time work

酉时yǒu shí

5-7 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

酉牌时分yǒu pái shí fēn

5-7 pm

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